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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16
Curious Methods of Catching Offers.

A New York furrier described to
MaHaad Express reporter the curious way
otters are caught by California cowboys;
"They put on the high and very wide
legged boots. They fill the space be-
tween the sides and their legs with
gravel. Then they wade in the river.
The moment an otter sees man coming
toward his home, he gets angry and
snaps at the intruder's legs When once
he catches hold he never opens his jaws
until he is dead. After he once grips
the boot il is easy enough TO kill him
without harming his fur"
IL should think it would be danger
Gus sometimes"
Sometimes it is, returned the mer-
chant. In the lower Klamath country
no man has ever yet been brave enough
10 tackle an otter from Lost River, which
runs through that reigon. They are too
bio and too ferocious for any except a
sheetiron bootleg. which, besides being
inconvenient, would be rather cumber-
some. Lost River otters, therefore, are
generally shot or die of old age
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16

The latest idea imported into dude
dom is TO wear two side chains instead of
one. Last winter one chain, attached to
bunch of keys carried in the trousers
pocket and fastened to the suspender
button above, was the ''proper caper. A"
This year no dude will be complete with
out chain on each side. To the second
one is attached a stout ring on which
are hung a collection of more or less use
full articles. To be quite right these
should be of silver and handsome in de-
sign. They include such conveniences
as a match safe, car OF dog whistle, pen
knife, pencil, cigar cutter and in extreme
cases miniature corkscrew. When an
undersized dude drags forth this remark
able bunch of trinkets the effect is apt TO
be startling 10 the person unfamiliar
with the latest development of modeFn
civilization. .-Ns,o York Commercial,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16
Useful Hints.

Cornices for curtains, placed close to
the ceiling, heighten the effect of the
room.
Wash rice thoroughly, boil in salted
water for twelve minutes, then drain off
the water and allow it to steam for ten
minutes.
Mica in stoves, can be cleaned success
fully by washing the mica carefully with
vinegar and water, and wiping dry with a
soft cloth.
Silver tea or coffee pots, which are not
in use every day, should have little
stick across the top under the cover, as
this will prevent mnstiness.
Now is the time to pickle gherkins,
walnuts, cucumbers, onions, red cab
bage, caulitlowers, artichokes, nastur-
tiums and bull-nose peppers.
Southern cooks, who know so well
how to cook green corn, leave on the
inner husks, first stripping them down
to remove the silk, and then tieing them
in place again.
Pitchers of milk should never be al
lowed to stand after they are taken from
the table, unless placed at once in a re-
frigerator, containing only milk or cream
and sweet butter Rancid butter will
communicate its odor and flavor to milk
or cream.
The rubber rings by the use of which
furit cans are made air tight, after being
used become hard and unyiclding, so
much so that fruit seldom keeps as well
when they are used the second time.
Though new ones cost but little, 1t is
not always convenient to get them,
Every one should know that the elias
ticity of the old ones can be restored,
and that they can be made as good as
new by baking them half-hour in mix
ture of ammonia and watcr-two-thir
ammonia and One-third water.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16
n.rrs snE ADVERTISING.
PRAIRIE MEMORIES.

A wide o'er-arching summer sky;
Sea-drifting grasses, rustling reeds,
Where young grouse to their motherscrys
And locIsts pipe from whistling weeds;
Broad meadows lying like lagoons
OF sunniest water, on whose swells
Float nodding blooms, to tiRlkling belle
OF bob-o -o'-linkums' widest tunes
Far west winds bringing odors fresh
From mountains 'rayed as monarchs are
In royal robes of ice and sn0w,
Where storms are bred in tlsnuder-jar;
Land of corn and wheat and kline,
Where plenty fills the hand of him
Who tills the soil or prunes the vine,
Or digs iii thy far canyons diu-
My western landl love thee yet.
In dreams ride my horse agaiE,
And breast the breezes blowing ices
From out the meadows cold and wet,
From fields of flowers blowing sweet,
And finging perfume to tbs breeze.
The wild oats swirl along the plain;
/ feel their dash against my knees,
Like rapid plash of running seas.
pass by islands dark and toll
With painted poplars thick with leaves;
The grass in rustling ripple cleaves
To left and right in emerald Aow
And as l listen, riding slow,
Out breaks the wild-bird's jocrvd call
Oh, shining suns of boyhood's time!
Oh, winds that from the mythic wesv
Sang calls to Eldorado's quest!
Oh, swaying wild-bird's thrilling chimeL
" hen loud the citys changing roar
| Wraps in my soul, as does a shroud,
hear those song and sounds once more,
And dream of boyhood's wing-swung cloud
--HamIin Garland, in American Aagdzii
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16
The Art of Expression.

A New York photographer prints a
circular containing the following advice /;
"When a lady sitting for a picture would
compose her mouth to a serene character,
she should, just before entering the
room, say bosom, and keep the expires
sion into which the mouth subsidies. If,
on the other hand, she wishes to assume
distinguished and somewhat noble
bearing she should say brush, the result
of which is infallible. If she wishes TO
make her mouth look small she must say
flip but if the mouth is already too
small and needs enlarging She must say
cabbage If she wishes 10 look mourn
ful she must say 'kerehunk;' if resigned
she must forcibly calculate scat. "
Philadelphia Call.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16
HUMOR OF THE DAY.


The humbug has no wings at all; but
he gets there just the same.
The reason why truth is stranger than
fiction is that it is much rarer.-LDe.
The home stretch-fixing up a story
to tell your wife at 1 A. NJ Washington
Critic.
The Emperor of China has a wife
named Kan Di She must be very sweet.
Life.
If some of the keys of piano were
utilized to lock it up, this world would
be a little brighter.
A Mr.. Story is lecturing against the
doctrine of future life. This Story evi-
IDENTIFY dosen't expect to be continued
in our next.-Tid Bits.
Edward Hanlan, the oarsman, is said
to have been trained by his young wife.
He is not the first bridegroom who has
had this experience.
Betwixt the hen and an incen-
Diary you inquire
The difference! Well, one set ON eggs,
The other sets on fire.
-Yonkers Gazette.
In Costa Rica there is not single mil
linery store. Married men who want
tickets to Costa Rica should step up to
the office before the rush begins-Balti-
more Herald,
NOT THAT KIND OF MATCH.
maybe you did make good match"
She flung back in angry scorning;
"But not a match that will get up
And light the fire in the morning.
-Harperss Basar.
There is a man IL, ssa
never heard a piano. What do thl
Illinois girls do when they want to
arouse the wrath of the eighborhood2-
COurier-JOUrRdi.
A correspondent wants us to tell him
(Which is the proper attitude for q
fisherman, standing or sitting7" Neither,
innocent one; lying is the only position
in which he feels entirely at home
| Statesman.
TO HIS BooTMAKER.
Every boot you e'er made for me pinches,
You destroy an existence once sweet:
Ii Is tough to be dying by inches,
But it's worse to be dying by feet
--TId-Bits
Mr.. Palette-"Will you allow me to
paint that picturesque old building back
of your house" Mr.. Wayback- -"No,
Ircckon l won't go to that expense; but
| wouldn't mind a coat o. whitewash,
mister, if We didn't tax me too much fer
it'd Bits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16

If medals are any indication of valor
and merit the Bulgarians lead the world.
No fewer than "a, 600 silver medals were
despatched TO Sofia from Vienna a few
months ago, and within short period an
additional order for 80, 900 has been re-
ceived, which the AustrlM mint is now
engaged in manufacturing. A foundry
near Buda-Pesth has also delivered
80, 900 bronze medals at Sofia. For a
small array this is doing very well.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16

1t appears from official statistics that
on the first of January, in the present
year, one person in every thirty -four of
the population of England and Weles
was a pauper. On that day s22, 215
persons, men, women and children, were
receiving relief under the present poor
law, 20l, ,59S being indoor and 620,5
outdoor paupers, while 100 received both
indoor and outdoor relief. OF this large
number more than 20, 600 were insane.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16

An Iowa railroad engineer went mad
in his cab one night recently, and, had
it not been for quick-witted and cour-
ageous fireman, would probably have
wrecked his train and killed many pas
sengers. Occurrences of this nature
shows how much depends on locomo-
tive driver. Thousands of lives are
hourly dependent upon his judgment
and ability, and the history of railroad
accidents proves that the engineer is
generally worthy of his trust
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16
THE CANARY.

A day in June, of light, Of fragrance rare,
A bride brought to home, bride as fair
AS angels be, as sometimes women are.
Loud sings the blithe canary in its cage.
A day in June again; what greater bliss
On earth may be, mayhap in heaven, than
this,
Falls faint on a babes face mothers kiss.
Loud sings the blithe canary in its cage
A woman, fair and young and pale, at rest,
A dead babe laid on the dead mothers breast,
preacher murmuring: "All is for the best -
Loud sings the blithe canary in its cage
Chicago Tribune
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16

The total forest area of the United
States, according to the chief Of the
forestry division, is 4s9, 90, 900, and of
this 20, OO6OO acres are in Florida.
But one State, Minnesota, has greater
forest growth; but three, Arkansas, Cali
fornia and Oregon, are estimated 70 have
the same acreage. The proportion of
forest to total area in Florida is $40 per
cent, and the forest area held in farms
is 2, 1856, 601 acres, or 1919 per cent. of
the total forest area. The proportion Of
forest in farms to the total farm area is
GO. 3 per cent. The area of land in farms
unimproyed, but not in forests, is
1853, 0S3 acres, or . per cent, of the total
farm area.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16

A high grade of civilization develops
peculiarly frightful vices and crimes. In
such category is the stealing of the
dead bodies of men for which large
ransom is likely to be paid. Another is
the horrible crime of train wrecking, for
the sake of pillage in the confusion of
the disaster. Several attempts Of this
sort have been made within short time,
fortunately without success.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16

Within the past forty years numerous
attempts have been made to introduce
the English skylark into this country.
Large numbers of the birds have been
brought over and liberated at various
points from Delaware to New England,
but, without exception, the birds have
disappeared at once, and never been
heard of again, except occasionally, after
intervals of years, reports come of one
being heard in some part of the country.
Abroad they flourish from the south Of
England to Scandinavia. Why they die
in this country no one knows. Some
think that they do not die, but that the
country is so big that they scatter over
II as soon as landed, and are swallowed
~ in its immensity, as it were.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16

Recent investigations have shown that
nearly million pupils are enrolled in
ahe public schools of the Southern
Statesi that the amount of money ex-
pended annually for schools is $11, 545,
900, and that since 1880 the number of
public schools has been increased from
45, 900 to 81, 5s3.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16

A mining excitement has broken out
in the vicinity of the Hot Springs of
Arkansas, owing to the discoveries of
gold, silver and lead there, and miners
from Mexico, Colorado and California
arc floclSing to the locality by hundreds.
The mineral district is about one hun
dred miles in circumference, and every
where shows evidence of volcanic action.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16

A man has been selling patent churns
10 Eastern farmers, taking in payment
notes payable on demand, made mot
transferable" and pledging himself not
not to demand payment within certain
long period. Then he changed the not
to note, and sold the notes, and the far
mers were called upon to pay up.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16
seconds.

Statistics show that the consumption
of sugar in the last fifty years has gone
up from about fifteen to seventy pounds
per head of tea from Il to to AZ pounds
per head; of tobacco from SO to Lao
pounds per head.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16

II is computed that the death rate of
the world is sixty-seven minute, and
the birth rate seventy minute, and this
seemingly light percentage of gain is
sufficient to give net increase Of popu-
lation each year of almost 1905 600
ao,,I.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16

The assessed value of the property Of
the South has increased over 5000, OOO,-
600 in the present seven years, or at
the rate of about 1926, 100000 each
vpar
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-16

a No horse could come up to the record
just made by a bicycle in England. A
man named Hale drove his machine 100
miles in 0 hours, 40 minutes and AZ
, 1887-11-22
pe@ouiiariti.. Of tho nippopotamu..

Beginning with the exterior, the skin Is
of enormous thickness and t~oughness.
From it are made the terrible whips
called 'isjamboks, 4" a stroke of which will
cut n groove in a deal board. A large
siambok affords the only argument to
which a native draught OK will listen,
and a smaller instrument, called Familiarity
a "cowhide, ~ is used in lieu Of our riding
whips. AS the hippopotamus spends so
much time in the water the ski is per-
forated with n number of pores, through
which exudes n thick, dark, oily secre-
ton, which, like the fur of the seal, otter,
beaver and other aquatic animals, keeps
the creature dry, even when it is sub
merged.
When in July, 1S49, Obaysh, the first
h"ippopotamus ever brought to England,
was taken in the Nile as n youngster, its
slippery skin enabled it to wriggle out of
the arm of its captors, and 1t was only
secured by driving a boathook into its
hide, the scar remaining through the rest
of its long life. When in May of the fol-
lowing year IL arrived in London l went
to see it and inadvertently RATED it, not
knowing of the oily secretion. Conse-
quently n pair Of new kid gloves which /
was wearing were utterly spoiled. A fe
male was afterward obtained, and in 1871
was born the first hippopotamus ever pro
duced in Europe. AS its mother did not
know how to manage 1t, the young calf
was taken away and fed artifcially. TAX
ing 1t from its mother was n most perIlous
task, and, after n most exciting series of
adventures, was achieved by Scott, the
man who was afterward so well known as
Jumbo's keeper. The little creature
weighed about 100 pounds, but kicked
and screamed like an adult, while its
round, smooth body was so oily that Scott
could scarcely hold 1t.
Now we turn to the head. The eyes,
ears and nostrils are set nearly on the
same plane, so that the animal can sink
itself entirely below the surface, and be
able to perceive the approach of foes by
hearing, sight and scent. When it lies
motionless and doing in the water, it is
naturally a little lighter than n cores
ponding bulk of water, and so floats with
only a little of the back, and the ears
eyes and nostrils above the surface. But
it often has to sink to swim for some dist
ance under water. This necessity involves
several other peculiarities of structure
Good Words.
, 1887-11-22
WHAT INVENTOR EDISON SAYS.

Thu Next Important Invention Cheap
Motive Power-Labor Question.
1 asked Edison what is to be the ten
dency of invention during the next quar-
ter of a century,"
"The next invention, 1 think, - he said,
sis likely to be the turning of coal into
motive power without the mediation of
steam. l am now at work on q machine
called the pyro-magnetic dynamo for this
purpose-to get electricity directly from
coal. Almost all of our available energy
is in wood and coal. We get it out at a
terrible waste. AS four-fifths of the heat
In a fire place goes up the chimney and
only one-fifth out into the room where it
Is wanted, so about three-fourths of the
energy in coal is lost in getting at the
other fourth. Coal can be turned i'm
mediately into electricity have demon
strated that-and l will know in a short
time whether it can be done CONNER
clally-that is, without costing more than
it comes to. If my idea can be realized,
a steamer that now burns $50 tons of
a a day will burn twenty-five tons in
stead. Very certain l am that the whole
tendency of invention for the last thirteen
years of this century will be directed to-
ward economy of motive power"
"What do you think of the Keely
motor?1
81 have never seen it. SO 1 have no
opinion about it. But all the results he
is said to have obtained can be got from
compressed air. All the air in this room
can be condensed into a liquid that could
be carried in q filbert shell, and its explo-
sive force would be tremendous. Skill
fully released and reconstructed it would
move a great machine"
"When motive power gets to be four
times as cheap as it is, Mr.. Edison, what
will become of the laboring MANI
"He will be enriched by it. Machin-
cry will be his slave. See how machin-
cry has multiplied in the last fifty years.
As a direct result, workingmen get
double the wages they did then and the
necessities of life cost only half as much.
In other words, a hand worker can to-
day buy four times as much with ten
hours of work as his father could fifty
years ago. For the first time in the
worlds history a skilled mechanic can
buy a barrel of flour with a single days
work. The machinery in the United
States represents the labor of 1000, OOO,-
300 men-or fifty times as much labor
rs that of all the men in the country.
When motive power is still further
cheapened-say in another generation
[ believe that the unskilled laborer, if
sober and Industrious, can have a house
of his own, and a horse and carriage,
and a library and a piano. 1t is terrible
stupidity that leads some laboring men
to suppose that machinery is their foe.
1t is the thing that gives them independ-
ence and even freedom. Without ma
chinery society would drift into the con-
dition of master and slave; the multiple
cation of machinery means for every
worker more food, better clothes, better
house, less work. In fact, 1 believe that
the indefinite increase of machinery is
going to solve. what folks call the labor
luestion'-that is, the desire of hand
workers to get a bigger slice of the mar
gin of profit w. A. Croffut in New
York Mail and Express.
, 1887-11-22

Bible readings in parlors will be a
feature in society-a diversion shall it be
said?-this winter, and will take the
place among some of the intellectual that
Browning recitals occupied last year.
Readers who may conclude from this
preface that society is becoming pious
will be disappointed when they learn that
the new movement finds its support
among the agnostics, and that the old
Bible will be selected solely with the
rhetorical and oratorical possibilities of
its stately language in view. 1t is I'M
derstood that a young society man who
quite distinguished himself as an amateur
reader of Browning has studied the
Psalms this summer for the purpose of
reading them to ears stated with the
Flight of the Duchess and rabbi Ben
Ezra" and is very eager for the opening
of the reading season, which usually
dates from Nov. Is. From the Psalms
he hopes to progress to the book of Job,
should society graciously smile upon the
bold experiment in its final phase. Per-
haps to a portion of his hearers the Rig
Veda is more familiar than the holy
Scriptures Boston Transcript.
, 1887-11-22

Il got 10 now" said n ragged, dirty
faced street urchin to a companion the
other day. The boys were searching the
streets for peach pits. As fast ms they
collected them they deposited them in
battered tin cans.
"What are you going to do with
them?' inquired the reporter.
"Oh, say, where WIZ you brought upf
Don't yer know dat dis is der time in the
year when the boys go round after peach
pits? When we get 100, we crack EN-,
take the meat out, put EN- on q string
and sell 'em to n druggist in Pearl street,
who pays us five cents a 100"
How many can you gather in q
day?'
''If you walk far enough and look
close enough you a get 200, " said the
boy.
The reporter left them and went to a
drug store and inquired if the druggist
bought peach pits. lie said he didn't,
but he knew of parties who did. He
could not tell what use they were put 10
and didn't care, but Judging from the
taste of some of the patent cough medi-
cines he wouldn't be surprised if they
were ground up and used in that man
ner.-New York Evening Sun.